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The Salt River, (also called by indigenous people: [O'odham Pima]: Onk Akimel; [Yavapai]: Hakanyacha or Hakathi) is a river in Gila and Maricopa counties in Arizona that is the largest tributary of the Gila River. The Salt river is about 200 miles and has a drainage basin of about 13,700 square miles large.
The longest of the Salt River tributaries is the 195-mile Verde River. The Salt river has two headwaters tributaries, the Black River and the White River.
The Black River is a 114-mile-long river in the White Mountains of the Arizona. It forms southwest of Alpine, Arizona and flows southwest then northwest to meet the White River west of Fort Apache. The merged streams form the Salt River, a major tributary of the Gila River.
The name Salt River comes from the fact that the river flows over large salt deposits shortly after the merging with the White and Black Rivers.
Salt River Information
Confluence with Primary:
Gila River. 33.381343, -112.303469
Source:
Confluence with Black and White Rivers. 33.738889, -110.225556
Total Length:
200 miles
Tributaries Left:
Sorce; Black River (East Fork)
Cedar Creek
Carrizo Creek
Cibecue Creek
Canyon Creek
Cherry Creek
Coon Creek
Globe-Young Hwy, SH 288
Tonto Creek
Verde River
Cove Creek
Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Dam
Apache Lake, Dam
Canyon Lake
Mormon Flat Dam
Saguaro Lake, Dam
Primary-Gila River
Tributaries Right:
Source: White River
Globe-Young Highway
Pinal Creek
Cienga Creek
Theodore Roosevelt Lake, Dam
Apache Lake, Dam
Canyon Lake
Mormon Flat Dam
Saguaro Lake, Dam
Verde River
Primary-Gila River
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